One fine day on September 10, 1945 as farmer Lloyd Olsen was about to prepare supper for his mother-in-law, he chose a five and a half month old cockerel named Mike. So he beheaded the chicken. But Mike didn’t die.
Mike ran like a chicken who lost his head, but instead of dying, recovered, and was up and walking around. He actually carried on like nothing happened. He was balancing on a perch like a normal chicken. He attempted to preen, peck for food, and even crow; all this without a head. Farmer Olsen was amazed to say the least and decided to take care of Mike full time.
Mike was given a food mixture and water directly into the esophagus via eyedropper and was also given tiny bits of corn which farmer Olsen carefully fingered down Mike’s throat. When word got out, his entire community of Fruita, Colorado and even the entire United States wanted to have a peek at Mike. Mike and farmer Olsen enjoyed some success, touring the country and being featured and photographed by various newspapers and magazines.Mike the Headless Chicken Mike the Headless Chicken
But why didn’t Mike die? Well Mike one very lucky chicken. As the axe fell, it removed most of Mike’s head; but luckily most of his brain stem remained intact. To add to this it also missed Mike’s jugular vein, and a clot developed which stopped him from bleeding to death.
Sadly all this had to come to an end. On one fateful night in March 1947, Miracle Mike breathed his last
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